The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria has fined 7-Eleven more than $7, 700 for failing to remove hydrocarbons from groundwater beneath a Newport premises in a timely manner. EPA Metropolitan...

The Victorian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Bulla Dairy for spilling approximately 200 litres of cream into a stormwater drain connected to Lake Colac. The incident, which occurred in...

Tasmania’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has told salmon producer, Tassal, to destock one of its Macquarie Harbour farming leases by the end of February 2017. The decision comes after the EPA...

Salmon farming company, Huon Aquaculture, has lodged proceedings in the Australian Federal Court against the Tasmanian government, accusing the government of not properly regulating salmon farming at Macquarie...

Omega-3 health claims rules finalised in the US The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a final rule prohibiting in the United States certain nutrient content claims for foods that contain...

Two separate research reports recently released in the US have pointed to a number of causes for the serious decline in bee numbers that is threatening US agriculture and food supplies globally. Some of...

UCLA researchers have recently conducted a study on the correlation between Omega-3 fatty acid levels in the diet and brain capacity. The research, published in the February 28, 2012 issue of Neurology,...

A landmark new partnership to improve the sustainability of Australia’s $102 billion food and grocery manufacturing industry in Victoria has been signed today between the Victorian Government and the...

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) announced this week that it has cancelled the registration of the insecticide endosulfan. Endosulfan was one of two chemicals implicated...

One of the pesticides at the centre of the Sunland Fish Hatchery spray-drift dispute, endosulfan, will be immediately phased out by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Endosulfan, which...